A fucking idiot tried to justify his moronic childish magic-god-fairy fantasy. I wrote this comment there.

Mr. Nelson compares Henry Ford (who everyone knows was the founder of a very successful business that still exists) to a magical being who hides "outside the universe". The comparison is ridiculous. Mr. Nelson then quotes from his Bible as if an ancient book written by people who knew nothing about science could be evidence for anything.

I'm writing this comment to help people understand why atheists are 100% certain there are no gods. This is not rocket science. It's not necessary to write a book about it. Thousands of years ago ancient people wondered why everything exists, including the Sun, our moon, and every creature including us. They knew nothing about science so they made stuff up that made sense to them. They invented a magical being and that solved every problem. Why is that there? God did it.

Today we know so much more about reality. We know how solar systems form, we have good ideas for how life can get a foothold on a planet, and we know for certain how new species, including humans, developed. With every new scientific discovery a job that God once had got thrown out.

Religious people will deny this but "god" is just another word for magic. The deity magically creates stuff like this planet. That's one heck of a magic trick. So we have this big question: Is magic real? Any child could figure it out. Of course magic is not real. It's ridiculous to pretend magic is real. Therefore magical beings can't be real.

Religious people desperately looking for a hiding place for their god of the gaps will invoke it to explain the beginning of the universe just like ancient people invoked the same magical being to explain everything else. This quote explains perfectly why they are wrong to do that:

"There are many aspects of the universe that still cannot be explained satisfactorily by science; but ignorance only implies ignorance that may someday be conquered. To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today."  -- Isaac Asimov

http://www.worldmag.com/2015/08/weekend_reads_arguing_the_existence_of_god